I love art that moves. Figuratively speaking for sure, but also literally. Jewelry that I can play with while wearing will always appeal to my fidgety side. I’ve seen a lot of kinetic work over the years – these miniature pieces from Ireland’s Alan Ardiff are innovative and fresh.
Butterfly Kisses
Wings flap, stars spin, hearts turn and birds peck. When the chain moves through Butterfly Kisses a wing flaps up and down to reveal a flower. Ardiff uses the same concept for Hello, where the receiver jiggles as the chain moves through the miniature phone (the chain moves when you move).
Hello
He describes the collection as “jewelry that moves to move you! As your jewelry moves, heads will turn.” See one of his pendants in action below and for an even better look at his work in action watch this. Delightful.
My unending fascination with the magical world of puppets led me to the TED talk below, the discovery of South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company and the genius of the company’s founders, Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler.
Imagine going to the theater expecting to listen to actors unfold a compelling story, only to discover that the main character is a puppet who does not speak. Imagine and be humbled by the tremendous skill not only of the puppeteers who manipulate the puppet, but by the craftsmen who build these utterly beautiful works of art.
TED Talk, April 2011
Here’s a short demonstration of the horse puppet.
And one more!
There is also a movie about the making of Warhorse – check out the trailer below.
Today we return to our discovery of kinetic art objects with Claudio Pino’s complex kinetic rings. Born and raised in Chile, Pino now calls Canada home as he transforms raw materials including 18k gold, silver, precious stones and pearls into miniature sculptures that turn, whirl and spin. The rings are reminiscent of globes spinning on axes, planets circling the sun or mechanical worlds with robotic blooms…
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Andrew Chase’s fully articulated mechanical sculptures are poetry in motion. Chase successfully captures the grace of the cheetah and the lumbering, deliberate ways of the elephant using recycled transmission parts, electrical conduits, plumbing pipes and steel. They are utterly charming and realistic enough to make the cheetah seem almost a bit scary.
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Angela Fung’s kinetic jewelry collection includes rings that spin and slide, pendants that glide and bracelets that fold. The rest of her portfolio boasts not-quite-kinetic jewelry that looks like it might spring right off of your body. All appeal to the fidgety, restless side of me.
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